Youthful Cooraclare can learn from final showing – Daly
*Cooraclare goalkeeper Harry O’Gorman. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. GETTING TO experience an intermediate county final will stand to a youthful Cooraclare side, manager Martin Daly maintained.
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Junior glory springs Killimer back to intermediate grade
*Killimer jont captains Odhran Cunningham and Liam Culligan lift the Michael Toner Cup. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILLIMER won the Clare Junior A football championship for the second time in three years when defeating Lissycasey’s second string by the smallest of margins.
‘Managing ten times more stressful than playing’ says Daly as he bids to guide Cooraclare back to top tier
*Cooraclare manager, Martin Daly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MANAGING is “ten times more stressful” than playing according to one of Clare’s greatest forwards Martin Daly.
The Water Break: Bodies on the line help Doora/Barefield & Éire Óg make Clare SFC decider
*Tom McDonald and Joe Rafferty celebrate for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONS Éire Óg will put their Clare SFC title on the line against neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield after both sides emerged victorious in the semi-finals.
Formats of U21 championships to change with competition start deferred
*Lissycasey’s Michael Kelly and Michael Nash of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in action in last year’s U21A final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FORMATS for the U21 championships in hurling and football will change, days before the football competition was due to kick off.
Lissycasey left to rue missed chances in semi-final
*A disappointed Shane Griffin at the final whistle. LISSYCASEY didn’t get enough from their attack to cause an upset against champions Éire Óg in the TUS Clare SFC semi-finals.
Éire Óg move another step closer to double dream after downing Lissycasey
*Manus Doherty on his way to scoring Éire Óg’s second goal. ÉIRE ÓG’s bid for back to back Clare SFC titles and a rare senior double came another step closer to becoming a reality after overcoming Lissycasey to make the county football final for the second year running.
Reaching last four was the target for Lissycasey from the get-go
*Lissycasey’s Darragh Killeen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. LISSYCASEY will line out in their first Clare SFC semi-final since 2021 on Saturday against title holders Éire Óg.
Senior & intermediate football sides are sixty minutes from a final appearance
*Cratloe’s Sean Collins in action against Fionn Kelleher and Diarmuid Boyle of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL ACTION in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate football championships are the focus of this weekend’s GAA action.
Lissycasey goes all the way in honouring PJK
*Members of PJ Kelly’s family gather beside the new memorial in his honour. Photograph: John Sheridan. LISSYCASEY honoured the late PJ Kelly with the unveiling of a statue in his memory.